More Busy Times in Base Camp 1 & 2

In Base Camp 1 & 2 we are always striving for 'Excellence'. Caleb has been working hard at reading time to complete his work independently. Every day he has a new task to finish. He has lots of different things to do. In the photo below he has been finding out facts about bears. Have a look at the work he has been doing. He has been striving for 'Excellence'.

Caleb with his facts about bears

At Discovery time we complete all sorts of different activities. It is fun working with others to make all sorts of different things. Today some children made some cats and mice out of cardboard. They had to read the book and follow the instructions. Have a look to see if they managed to follow the instructions correctly.

KaiKai with the book 'Making a Cat and a Mouse'

 Aria, Casey, RaiRai Lucy and Chloe

Busy Times in Base Camp 1 & 2

                       

Some children have been reading a story called 'A Lion's Hide Away'. They had to read the book to find out how to make a diorama. In pairs, they worked together to make their finished creations. The instructions were written in the book, so careful reading and co-operating together helped to finish the job correctly. Have a look at the spectacular work these children have created.

                                 

                   

                                 Chris and Hazel

                                                                                  Honor and Skyla

                             Pheonix and Hank

A Visit From Zac

Term 2 - Week 2



Zac from the Christchurch Public Library brought a fantastic selection of new books to read to us. Team Totara gathered in our school library to listen to Zac read these brand new stories. Many of them were really funny and we all had a good giggle.

Zac is a terrific story teller. We all enjoyed listening to the wonderful stories he had brought along to share with us. The illustrations were amazing as well. Lots of the pictures were really funny!!!

Getting books out of the Public Library is a great way to share stories together with your family. If you are down at the Shirley Library or the New Brighton Library, remember to look out for Zac. He might be there reading some new stories to other children.

Striving for Excellence

Excellence is a Banks Avenue School value. In Base Camp 1 & 2 we aim for excellence in everything we do. To achieve excellence in our learning, we have been finding out about what quality work looks like. When we are working, we aim to do things 'better than before'.

Have a look at these photos. They show some of the quality work that the children have been doing.

 Quality maths work in Base Camp 1

 Quality maths work in Base Camp 2

 Quality handwriting in Base Camp 1

 Quality story writing in Base Camp 2

Where is Pete? He's in Base Camp 1 & 2!!!!!

 

Quality art work 

Browser Box Time

In Base Camp 1 & 2 we know that 'together is better'. When we share our reading at browser box time we read a story we know with our 'box buddy'. To get things underway we have a little rhyme that we say.....


                                                            "Elbow to elbow
                                                               Knee to knee
                                                              I'll read to you
                                                         And you'll read to me."


Have a look at the photos and you will see Kobey and Aria from Base Camp 1 sharing their reading. Regan and Caleb from Base Camp 2 are doing a super job as well. Practising our reading everyday is important.

                                                                      Kobey and Aria

Caleb and Regan

Learning Conversations

Thank you to all the parents and children who attended the 'Learning Conversations' last week. 

It was wonderful talking about all the learning that is happening in Base Camp 1&2. The conversations are a great opportunity for the children to share their learning experiences with their parents and to set new goals to focus on. This was a positive and worthwhile experience for everyone.

Here is a photo of Gwen with her Mum and Dad. They are having a lovely time sharing her learning and looking at all the work she has been doing so far this year.

Our Treaty

We have been doing a lot of talking about how we can work together to make our learning space a happy, safe place for everyone. We know that in Base Camp 1&2..... 'Together is Better'. 

Our school's HEART values  remind us to take care of each other while we strive to do the best we can with our learning. Everyone has signed our treaty with their handprint. The treaty is hanging in the lobby of our shared space.